As I understand it, they often use something called the Social Desirability Scale[0]. I am not knowledgeable in this field, but it seems that the scientific con

As I understand it, they often use something called the Social Desirability Scale[0]. I am not knowledgeable in this field, but it seems that the scientific consensus is that such methods can be reliable in judging someone's empathy quotient[1] [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlowe%E2%80%93Crowne_Social_Desirability_Scale https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlowe%E2%80%93Crowne_Socia... [1] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Harshvardhan_Singh7/post/Can_anyone_send_me_a_copy_of_the_Hogan_Empathy_Scale/attachment/59d63a1c79197b80779974c5/AS:404691528765445@1473497387864/download/12+Measuring+empathy.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Harshvardhan_Singh7/pos...